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EH Paw's Story
Bright, cheerful and artistically talented, Burmese teenager Eh Paw had never heard her own voice and never been to school when Jewish Family Service resettled her and family to Buffalo from a refugee camp in Thailand.
“She had complicated health issues and severe hearing loss in both ears since she was a child. She couldn’t communicate verbally so used gestures, and she could lip read in her native language,” JFS President Marlene Schillinger said.
Because Eh Paw had never been to any school anywhere, registering her to attend classes in Buffalo was a challenge. JFS staff partnered with St. Mary’s School for the Deaf to have her evaluated and approved by New York State to attend classes there. Her family was also linked with the Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, where Eh Paw received her first hearing aids.
For the very first time, she was able to hear her mother, her brother, her own voice and music. Her family was very grateful for this development, and Eh Paw was able to manage using her hearing aids properly on her own,” Schillinger said. “She excelled quickly once she started to attend St. Mary’s.
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